Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.54

v2.c13.54

Interaction between India and China continued in the following centuries but the forms and sites and routes of this interaction changed in various ways. For instance, for the next three centuries, while direct bilateral trade between the two sides may have diminished, Indian and Chinese goods continued to be exchanged, forming a part of larger regional and global trading networks. Intermediate ports like Malacca in Southeast Asia and intermediate players like the monopoly European trading companies, played a bigger role in the exchange of goods between India and China. The role of Buddhism in India-China exchanges disappeared almost completely.